GHM-UK donates medical items to EFSTH

Gambia
Healthcare Matters, a UK-based charity recently extended its benevolence to the
Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, with the presentation of
medical items worth over three-thousand, three-hundred and twenty-three Euros.

The
donated items include a desktop computer, 2 television screens, towels, mini
clinical sharp bins, diabetes diaries, BM strips, disposal surgical gowns, 1000
boxes of nitrile examination gloves, box of sterile field dressing packs and
many others. The gesture is part of the charity’s unrelenting love and passion
to contribute meaningfully to the advancement of the country’s healthcare
system.

At
the handing over ceremony, Dr. Kebba Marenah, consultant orthopedic surgeon and
member of the organization, reminded the gathering that as citizens of The
Gambia it is incumbent upon them to do their bit towards the advancement of the
country’s health system.

“The
Smiling Coast of Africa is a country with lovely beaches and a Mecca for holidaymakers.
However, our healthcare system leaves much to be desired” he lamented.

Dr.
Marenah noted that people who cannot afford a fee for their treatment in
hospital die every day from communicable and non-communicable diseases or
wounds which could have been easily treated.

However,
at GHM-UK we are not pointing out fingers to blames, instead we want to help
and we understand that after 22 years of healthcare neglect, it might be a
daunting task for this government alone to help the healthcare system recuperate”
he concluded.

Modoulamin
Jammeh, the public relations officer of the Edward Francis Small Teaching
Hospital on behalf of the hospital management, thanked UK charity for their
foresight, describing the gesture as worthy and timely.

“If
such organizations are lending a helping hand then the issue of healthcare
won’t be a problem in the country”.

Also
speaking, Adama Njie, Nurse-In-charge of orthopedic ward at EFSTH said that
being sick doesn’t mean that you should be in one place. She acknowledged that
with the help of the wheelchairs, the patients at the hospital would now be
able to step outside their wards.

“The
television screens would also help the patients forget their worries as they
will be watching the activities that are taking place in the country and
outside the country. Therefore, these donated items would be of immense benefit
to patients” she added.